Test Obsessed

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Test Obsessed

Smoking in the boy's room? Breath mints won't cut it, now that some schools are urine testing teens for tobacco use. In Alabama, several districts test for nicotine along with alcohol and marijuana. Schools in Blackford County, Indiana, test for tobacco use in athletes, and students involved in extracurricular activities or driver's ed. An exec at a Birmingham drug-testing company explained the reasoning behind his company's product: "Some addicted drug users look back to cigarettes as the start of it all." Why teach when you can test?